Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter The Thief's Story NCERT Solutions | What is he “a fairly successful ha

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

What does he get from Anil in return for his work?

What does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?

Why does not Anil hand the thief over to the police? Do you think most people would have done so? In what ways is Anil different from such employers?

Does Anil realise that he has been robbed?

What are Hari Singh’s reactions to the prospect of receiving an education? Do they change over time? (Hint: Compare, for example, the thought: “I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve” with these later thoughts: “Whole sentences, I knew, could one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees. It was a simple matter to steal — and sometimes just as simple to be caught. But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man, was something else.”) What makes him return to Anil?

How does the thief think Anil will react to the theft?

Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?

How is Ausable different from other secret agents?

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

How did the invisible man first become visible?

How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?

What kind of a person is Mme Loisel — why is she always unhappy?

Why is the lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place?

Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?

Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?

What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?

How does Ausable say he got in?

Bholi’s real name is Sulekha. We are told this right at the beginning. But only in the last but one paragraph of the story is Bholi called Sulekha again. Why do you think she is called Sulekha at that point in the story?

Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?

Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequal match? Why did she later reject the marriage? What does this tell us about her?

Why does Mrs Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is “a triumph of surgery”?

What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary surgeon, is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of commonsense?

Why do Bholi’s parents accept Bishamber’s marriage proposal?

“Horace Danby was good and respectable — but not completely honest”. Why do you think this description is apt for Horace? Why can’t he be categorised as a typical thief?

Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?

Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?